Trends · data through September 2026

Boba & Drink Shops in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Iceflower tracks 289 stores from 133 boba & drink shops in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. HEYTEA grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Yaaas Tea and Gong Cha.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
133
Tracked stores
289
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked boba & drink shops

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. HEYTEA and Yaaas Tea sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H HEYTEA logo HEYTEA - +16.2%
2 Y Yaaas Tea logo Yaaas Tea ▲1 +9.1%
3 G Gong Cha logo Gong Cha ▲1 -4.8%
4 M Mr. Wish logo Mr. Wish ▲3 -16.6%
5 T Tea and Milk ▲1 -19.9%
6 I I'Milky ▲1 -27.3%
7 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea ▼1 -29.1%
8 V Vivi Bubble Tea logo Vivi Bubble Tea - -31.1%
9 C CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice ▼4 -71.5%
10 Y Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea logo Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea ▼2 -84.9%
  • Gong Cha
  • Kung Fu Tea
  • HEYTEA
  • Bethany Wines & Liquors
  • Xing Fu Tang
  • Intelligent Foods On Demand
  • Yaya Tea
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

289 tracked store locations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Gong Cha (40)
  • Kung Fu Tea (47)
  • HEYTEA (9)
  • Bethany Wines & Liquors (1)
  • Xing Fu Tang (2)
  • Intelligent Foods On Demand (1)
  • Yaya Tea (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea 47
  • 2 G Gong Cha logo Gong Cha 40
  • 3 R Real Fruit Bubble Tea logo Real Fruit Bubble Tea 11
  • 4 H HEYTEA logo HEYTEA 9
  • 5 C CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice 8
  • 6 V Vivi Bubble Tea logo Vivi Bubble Tea 8
  • 7 M Mr. Wish logo Mr. Wish 6
  • 8 Y Yaya Tea logo Yaya Tea 6
  • 9 T Tiger Sugar logo Tiger Sugar 6
  • 10 T Tea and Milk 4
  • 11 Y Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea logo Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea 4
  • 12 Y Yaaas Tea logo Yaaas Tea 4
  • 13 M Momo Ashi 3
  • 14 I I'Milky 3
  • 15 T Teazzi Tea Shop 2
  • 16 C Chun Yang Tea 2
  • 17 M Möge Tee logo Möge Tee 2
  • 18 J Jooy Tea Shoppe 2
  • 19 B Black Pearl Bubble Tea 2
  • 20 R Rowseelee 2
  • 21 B Boba Guys logo Boba Guys 2
  • 22 B Bing Ling Tea 2
  • 23 B Bubbles 07 logo Bubbles 07 2
  • 24 M Molly Tea 2
  • 25 X Xing Fu Tang 2
  • 26 O Ochado Bubble Tea 1
  • 27 L Love Mi Yogurt 1
  • 28 H Hawa Bubble Tea 1
  • 29 B Bobaloca Bubble Tea & Coffee House 1
  • 30 C Chun Yang Tea Flushing 1
  • 31 T Tea Brew Bubble Tea 1
  • 32 U utepia 1
  • 33 B Boba Tea Time 1
  • 34 L Lil M Bubble Tea logo Lil M Bubble Tea 1
  • 35 B Bambu logo Bambu 1
  • 36 M M Tea 1
  • 37 P Pigleta Boba 1
  • 38 Y Yaya Tea Hicksville 1
  • 39 M Machi machi 1
  • 40 B Bear Bubble Tea 1
  • 41 T Ten Ren's Tea Time 1
  • 42 B Boba Fries 1
  • 43 T Teapulse 1
  • 44 T Teapsy 1
  • 45 B Bubble Bear Tea 1
  • 46 L Little Boba 1
  • 47 M Modern Tea Shop 1
  • 48 W Willowtown #7 1
  • 49 T Tasa Teahouse 1
  • 50 T Tai Chi Bubble Tea logo Tai Chi Bubble Tea 1

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